Incoming Connecticut Bar Foundation executive director Donald Philips said the contacts he's made managing political campaigns and lobbying state lawmakers will be helpful in advancing the foundation's goals.

Given the rising cost of most college tuitions, the complexity of college loan agreements and the difficulty for most middle-income families in simply maintaining their budget for ordinary daily household expenses, this is an important topic to consider at the earliest possible stages of a child's development.

A store manager who experienced an armed robbery may be able to receive workers' compensation for her mental injuries, an en banc Commonwealth Court panel has ruled, but a portion of the panel raised the question of whether such events at work could ever be considered normal.